We have escaped from rainy Oregon. There was some concern that the alley behind our daughter’s place might be muddy from all of the rain and we might get stuck. We had no problems at all. We extracted the trailer with Neil’s jeep, however. The trailer made the jeep squat, but the front tires stayed on the ground and we only had to move it about a hundred feet.

We did lots of last minute things as we went through Scappoose and St. Helens, so we arrived at Tacoma just at the 5pm rush hour. It took about an hour to get from I-5 across the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. As we turned north from Gig Harbor we could see a stripe of blue on the horizon. By the time we got to the Hood Canal Bridge we could see the blue sky starting to spread over us. We have arrived in Chimicum WA. and we are parked near our bicycle/RV buddies, Henry and Judy. We will be busy riding and planning the trip across Canada for the next couple days.

Tonight the sky is clear, the crescent moon is out and we can see “earth shine” on the dark face of the moon. This is light reflecting off the earth back to the moon. We are supposed to get a couple days of nice weather. Besides, we are in that unique part of the Olympic Peninsula that is in the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains. This is known locally as the “Blue Hole” as in a hole in the clouds that the blue sky peeks through.

Let the adventures continue.

With love for all, Gary and Judy.